Lot 132
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A PAIR OF IVORY QUAIL BOXES AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF IVORY QUAIL BOXES AND COVERS

18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF IVORY QUAIL BOXES AND COVERS
18th 19th Century
Each naturalistically hollowed and carved as a resting quail, the body and wings forming the cover, the head with wood-inlaid eyes and looking up with a pierced open short beak, the underside of the box carved in relief with a flowering millet stem around the legs and claws, hollowed with a double-gourd-shaped aperture, the ivory of pale tones with darker areas over the inside and base
4¾ in. (12.5 cm.) long, embroidered cloth stands (2)
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Lot Essay

A similar ivory quail box and cover is illustrated in Chinese Ivories from the Kwan Collection, Hong Kong 1990, p. 336, fig. 175. The subject is more commonly found in jade, see Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, p. 94, col. pl. 73

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